Stories interweave as late-20-somethings struggle to be satisfied, find happiness and keep drinking in that transitional time in life when you start to question everything and dreams feel more like delusions than destinies. All in front of a live mini-orchestra. A new play & original music.

2 short one act plays about people struggling with harsh realities.

The comic story of a young lesbian whose family begins to fray when she tries to be frank with them about her sexual coming of age. Homophobia is not the family’s problem. It’s the prospect of candid conversation that throws them bizarrely off balance.

"You get to choose what happens to you," John tells Julie at a kink-play party. She's an aspiring dropout living in her famous parents' shadow; he's her dad's intern. They instantly connect, but with ambitions and knives bared and sex an open question, the encounter pushes them further than imagined

The estranged sister of a middle aged gay man maintains his death vigil in the waiting room of a Palm Springs Hospital. Stars Steve Ducey, Denise Carole, Marco Antonio Garcia, Geoffrey Gilbert and Sara Smith.

Take Another Look is a murder-mystery drama that takes audience involvement to the next level. This immersive theatrical piece will break the classical conventions of theatre and will change the dynamics between actors and spectators in a way rarely done before. Written by Grischa M. Petram.

Three sisters gather in their home town after the death of their mother. As they come to terms with the passing of a parent, the sisters confront their past and their future with equal parts pain, anger, laughter, sadness, and ultimately, hope.

Odilia is a social worker on a mission to save a man’s life who is fleeing deportation in the borderlands. She is met by a mysterious figure and gets thrust into the Middle Ground, a space inhabited by Esqueletos. Before the sun rises, Odilia must uncover the secret to life to save her own.

Set in the distant future, two Astronauts complete a five year mission and crash land "home". Everything seems normal but the longer they are there the more they begin to realize that the "Monsters" they were told to fear in their childhoods are all too real.

Golden Boy follows the life of a young Italian New Yorker in the late 1930s, who pursues the American dream of fame and fortune. Forced to choose between big money boxing and his dream of becoming a violinist, the young Italian runs the risk of losing everything he holds dear.

A mesmerizing love story, overflowing with humor, understanding, poignant humanness and life.

In an unusually cold summer, 32 year-old Jim has kidnapped 17 year-old Charles, who he has fallen in love with at first sight. Trapped in Jim's basement, Charles is led through an existential journey to discover how it is that Lovers and Sad People always seem to hold up the World.

From making decisions such as straightening or curling our natural hair to coping with issues such as depression in the Black community, complex[ion] woman explores the intricacies of the everyday experiences of the contemporary woman of color in 2016.

A tale of women in war. The 588th Night Bomber Regiment was a thorn in Hitler’s side on the hellish Eastern Front in WWII.

"COWBOY MOUTH" by Sam Shepard & Patti Smith One Act / One Hour Starring: Cait Mathis & Alton Ray Directed By: Erika Ackerman Production Head: Isabella Figueres FRI/SAT/SUN June 3 - June 26 2016 @ The New Collective LA 6440 Santa Monica Blvd. LA CA 90038 @cowboymouthHFF